Cobb retains Calare as the nation awaits the prospect of a hung parliament.
With three quarters of the vote counted, John Cobb has comfortably retained the seat of Calare with a large but mostly unchanged margin.
Mr Cobb doubled the amount of first preference votes of his closest challenger, Country Labor’s Kevin Duffy.
The progress figures at 11.30pm were:
John Cobb (Nationals) – 38,472
Kevin Duffy (Country Labor) – 20,954
Jeremy Buckingham (Greens) – 4,092
Paul Blanch (Independent) – 3,270
Karen Romano (Independent) – 2,765
Jessyka Nosworthy (CDP) – 1,525
McGregor Ross (Independent) – 1,382
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